Skullfeather Final Form Down:

Heaven Burns Red 3.0 introduced a new anachrony, a new last boss of the game, stronger than anything that had come before -- and I took it down on my first try.  It's all thanks to the $220 I spent over the weekend getting all the new recruits.  That included dandy Misato, who I used to subjugate the new last boss.  She immediately jumped into the deep end of the pool, and I mean the really deep end of the pool.

My new and improved fire squad, featuring Squad 31-A minus Tama (and plus Misato), proved their worth.  As a reward, I was given a new eternal daphne, which I promptly handed over to dandy Misato.  Now she'll be a little more prepared for Skullfeather final form when I start farming it for nordstrom crystals.

I also got jacket Ichigo, one of the last SS Memoria in the game I don't own.  I don't exactly want to own every single SS Memoria they release at any cost, it just sort of ended up that way during my hunt for dandy Misato.  But it would certainly be awesome if I could achieve such a feat (I doubt I ever will.)  I'm so close though.  Only 5 SS Memoria between me and completion, out of 148.  That's 97%.

Jacket Ichigo, like most of the new recruits I acquired, isn't strong enough to be used in any serious manner.  But schoolgirl Hisame did reach the level of my ice squad and immediately started performing well.  It appears that all versions of Hisame are awesome, all because of her Munechika base exclusive move that can be introjected and used by every version of Hisame.  If I could get base Hisame up to max limit break, that would improve the skill level of Munechika as well as give +10% stats to pajamas Hisame, maid Hisame, and schoolgirl Hisame who are all featured in frontline squads now.  Another goal I need to prioritize. . .

Skullfeather Final Form wasn't weak by any means.  It's just that diva Ruka's ability to regenerate everyone's sp, heal everyone, buff everyone and deal damage is too strong.  It's like she's four seraphs instead of one.  Diva Ruka and admiral Aoi are broken.  (In a good way, though, without them I couldn't beat any of these anachronies.)  Even though I can beat the last boss of the game, I couldn't get max score on the most recent score challenge, which proves the game thinks I could theoretically be even stronger.  I own 97% of all the SS Memorias in the game and there's still someone stronger than me out there? >.<.

Meanwhile, The Teen Web Novelist is a Girl Magnet's manga adaption came to an end.  It was a bittersweet, open-ended conclusion, clearly just giving up on the series midway.  Unfortunately the original web novel isn't being translated into English so this is as far as I can go with the series.  At least I can honor it one more time by elevating Michiru, the main heroine of the tale, to my wonderful hall of fame.  She can have Shoujo-tachi yo as her theme song.  It's so fitting it's like the song was built for her.